zsh/Completion/Base/Utility/_store_cache

#autoload
#
# Storage component of completions caching layer

local _cache_ident _cache_ident_dir
_cache_ident="$1"

if zstyle -t ":completion:${curcontext}:" use-cache; then
  # Decide which directory to cache to, and ensure it exists
  zstyle -s ":completion:${curcontext}:" cache-path _cache_dir
  : ${_cache_dir:=${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zcompcache}
  if [[ ! -d "$_cache_dir" ]]; then
    if [[ -e "$_cache_dir" ]]; then
      _message "cache-dir style points to a non-directory\!"
    else
      (zmodload zsh/files 2>/dev/null; mkdir -p "$_cache_dir" )
      if [[ ! -d "$_cache_dir" ]]; then
        _message "couldn't create cache-dir $_cache_dir"
        return 1
      fi
    fi
  fi
  _cache_ident_dir="$_cache_dir/$_cache_ident"
  _cache_ident_dir="$_cache_ident_dir:h"
  
  if [[ ! -d "$_cache_ident_dir" ]]; then
    if [[ -e "$_cache_ident_dir" ]]; then
      _message "cache ident dir points to a non-directory:$_cache_ident_dir"
    else
      (zmodload zsh/files 2>/dev/null; mkdir -p "$_cache_ident_dir")
      if [[ ! -d "$_cache_ident_dir" ]]; then
        _message "couldn't create cache-ident_dir $_cache_ident_dir"
        return 1
      fi
    fi
  fi
  

  shift
  for var; do
    case ${(Pt)var} in
    (*readonly*) ;;
    (*(association|array)*) print -r "$var=( ${(kv@Pqq)^^var} )";;
    (*)                     print -r "$var=${(Pqq)^^var}";;
    esac
  done >! "$_cache_dir/$_cache_ident"
else
  return 1
fi

return 0